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Silent Treatment
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Bantam Books (1996-03-01)
ISBN: 0553572210
EAN: 9780553572216
Dewy Decimal #: 813.54
Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
Edition: 1st
Release Date: 1996-02-01
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
In his five bestselling novels, from The Sisterhood to Natural Causes, physician Michael Palmer has drawn on years of firsthand emergency-room experience to create the drama of a frighteningly authentic world--a world where the line between medicine and murder is scalpel-thin. Now, in his most harrowing suspense novel yet, Palmer reveals how the power to heal can become a license to kill....
With his wife, Evie, scheduled for surgery the next day, Dr. Harry Corbett goes to the hospital for what he hopes will be a quiet evening of reconciliation. In recent weeks Evie, never quick to share her feelings, has been more closed and distant than ever.
But when Harry reaches Evie's room, it is too late for reconciliation. Shockingly, without warning, Evie is dead. The police suspect homicide. And their only suspect is Dr. Harry Corbett.
Harry is not prepared for the stunning revelations that follow: His bright, beautiful, highly ambitious wife was leading a double life; she may have had
dangerous secrets. But what secret could have been explosive enough to die for?
Then the killer strikes again, boldly, tauntingly murdering one of Harry's favorite patients in such a way that only Harry knows the death was not natural. This time Harry is certain: The killer, medically sophisticated, coolly arrogant, moving undetected through a busy urban hospital, could only be a doctor. And he wonders--how many more will die?
Desperately Harry probes deeper, following the only clue Evie left. What he finds is a sinister pattern that threatens patients in every hospital in the city. Harry is engaged in a life-and-death battle of wits with a chillingly efficient monster. And until the doctor is unmasked, no patient is safe from his lethal silent treatment.
Michael Palmer has done it again, delivering a no-holds-barred novel of medical intrigue-- a gripping thriller that features the most terrifying physician
since Hannibal Lecter. Silent Treatment will keep your pulse racing from beginning to end
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Customer Reviews
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pleasantly surprised
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-02-11
This is my first read by Michael Palmer and he's got my attention. I really enjoyed his style and tempo. He's a very talented writer even if he is an actual Dr. in disguise. I'm a big fan now and i intend to read all his medical thrillers.
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The thrill faded
Rating  (3)
Date: 2004-07-12
"Silent Treatment" is a really good read. The first 80% of it was top notch, quite fascinating. Then it became rather tortuous, tedious, and disjointed. Thus, the ending was rather empty, and a disappointment.
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Good solid potboiler
Rating (3)
Date: 2004-04-17
Michael Palmer's thriller 'Silent Treatment' didn't keep me up at night turning pages. The female characters were unconvincing as was the love interest between an alcoholic artist and the protagonist, Dr Harry Corbett. The name of the protagonist is unfortunately chosen for UK readers over the age, say, of 53. This is because for very many years there was on TV in England a popular children's comedian called Harry Corbett with his two glove puppets, Sooty and Sweep.
But, I digress.The book was a pleasant read. I found myself wanting to keep track of it because there are always several books floating around the house, which is a good sign. It was competently written in boring old third person past tense. The author included enough frissons in the form of dangerous situations to keep the plot, which was straightforward enough, moving along at a decent pace. The book is 447 pages long, a good size; anywhere between 120K and 140K words, a typical airport-bookstall book.
In real life I find the case of the UK doctor who murdered well over a hundred patients in real life far more horrifying than medical thrillers. In this particular plot, an evil 'inner circle' of medical practitioners conspire to murder several patients a week. The patients are of course, this being set in America, selected on the basis of the most costly to treat, go first.
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Medical thriller
Rating  (4)
Date: 2003-02-04
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Like Robin Cook, Michael Palmer writes medical thrillers. For those who doesn't know what this is, Palmer does with doctors what Grisham does with lawyers. The problem is, in my opinion, hospitals and doctors lack the plot-oportunities that we can easily find in the legal profession. So, in the end, everything seems very improbable, and the reader gets a feeling something is missing. "Silent treatment" is about Dr. Korbet, a general practicioner (if I understood right, "gp"s are low in the "scale of doctors") whose wife is suddenly murdered during pre-op procedures. Korbet's life begins to go down the drain when he's accused of the murder and has no way to prove his innocence. On the other hand, a bunch of hot-shots of the medical-insurance industry are making reunions to, in a most unorthodox way, receive more money from their contributors. Obviously, the two plots are linked in some way or another. This is not "the ultimate thriller", but is a light enterteinment, and an easy reading. There are many flaws, the most obvious being the very shall development of characters. The "bad guy" had a very good premise, but went underdeveloped as well, unfortunately. If you are a Michael Palmer fan, read this one. If you're not, give it a try, if you have some time to spare. Grade 8.1/10
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Another great meducal thriller!
Rating (4)
Date: 2002-11-22
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This was a great book.. full of suspense right from the start. The only disappointment was the ending. I feel as if I was cheated. The ending leaves the reader hanging. Maybe you need to draw your own conclusions. This shouldn't keep anyone from not reading this book.
Once again, Michael Palmer leads the reader on a roller coaster ride of emotions. For the first time, it wasn't until near the end that I finally caught on. This is one of his better book.s
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